Adolf weil



A. WEIL.

(No Model.)

TRUSS.

AN DREW EGRAHAM. PHOTOMTHQWASHINGTOMD C llNrrsn STATES AfrsNr @wrom ADOLF VEIL, OF FRANKFORT-ON-THE-WAIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO ALEXANDER STRAUSS, OF SAME PLACE.

TRUSS.

S'ECIFCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,949, dated September 24, 1895.

Application Hed July 9, 1894. serial No. 517,023. (No model.) Patented in Germany Mar 11, 1894, N- 781742; in Switzerland June 20, 1894,110. 8,567; in Belgium ,Tune 20, 1894, No. 110,612; in England .Tune 21,1894, No. 12,039, and in France June 25, 1894,1To. 239,565.

To all whom t may oon/cern:

Be it known that I, ADOLF WEIL, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, and a resident of Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, (assignor to ALEXANDER STRAUSS, of said city of Frankfortonthe-\Iain,) have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trusses, (for which I have obtained foreign patents as follows: in Switzerland, No. 8,567, dated June 20, 1894; in Germany, No. 78,742, dated May 11, 1894; in Belgium, No. 110,612, dated June 20, 1894; in England, No. 12,039, dated June 21, 1891, and in France, No. 239,565, dated June 25, 1894,) of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to trusses, and espeoially to trusses for umbilical ruptures, and has for its object to make the truss more secure and less liable to get out of the opening. For this object the pelote or pad and the bandage proper are separated the one from another, and the bandage is provided with a plate the inner surface of which is smooth in order that it can freely slide over the pelote without, however, allowing the latter to get out of the rupture.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an upper View of the pelote and Fig. 2 an upper view of the bandage and the plate connected therewith. Fig. 3 is a section through the pelote and the plate.

The pelote consists of round disk a, made of caoutchouc, leather, or the like, which on its outer side may be coated with fabric of wool or with another substance which allows the plate to slide freely on the pelote or pad. On its inner side the disk is provided with a projection or, preferably, semispherical body b, which is adapted to enter into the aperture. A stiftening-plate Vc may be interposed between the disk ct and the body b.

The disk avis provided with perforations d for allowing of the transpiration; and it will also be observed that the said disk or plate ct is provided at or near each end with a slot or opening, through which slots or openings the ends of the body band or belt are passed, and in this way the desired movement of the disk independent of the belt is effected. The pelote can also be made of one piece of celluloid or ebonite, or the like, pressed into the proper form. rllhe sliding plate e is bent according to the form of the body and is preferably of an oval shape. It is preferably made of Celluloid, ebonite, or the like, but any other material will do which is able to be smoothed. It is of importance that the said plate be as smooth as possible in order that it can slide freely over the pelote. The plate is provided With a great number ot' perforations f for helping the transpiration. The plate is united with the bandage h in any suitable manner. In the drawings it is shown provided with slots g g', through which the bandage h is led.

I claim- A truss consisting of the pelote formed with the projection l) and having an outer covering of fabric or wool, and an independent plate conforming to the shape of the body and adapted to move freely over the pelote, said plate being provided with bands for securing the truss to the body, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ADOLF WEIL.

Witnesses:

FRANZ I-IAssLAoHER, MICHAEL VOLK. 

